The Christian family in Samuel D. Hunter’s play grapples, often confusedly, with questions about God’s will and adorable ceramic figurines.

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Theater Review | ‘Jack’s Precious Moment’: At 59E59 Theaters, a Drama About a Family’s Faith

Andrew Dinwiddie recreates Jimmy Swaggart’s glory days, at the Chocolate Factory in Queens.

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Theater Review | ‘Get Mad at Sin!’: Andrew Dinwiddie as Jimmy Swaggart at the Chocolate Factory

“Year Zero,” by Michael Golamco, is a tenderly observed play about Asian immigrants in the United States.

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Theater Review | ‘Year Zero’: Michael Golamco’s Play Opens at the McGinn/Cazale Theater

A pair of magical elves is hoping to do for art what reality TV shows “Top Chef” and “Project Runway” did for cooking and fashion design.

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Rarefied art world gets reality TV competition

Cook is a Florida-born singer-songwriter who first performed on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry stage in 2000. She hasn’t become a star in those past 10 years, but she’s attracted a following in the industry for her emotionally raw lyrics. Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews her fifth album, Welder.

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Elizabeth Cook: Transcending A Cult Career

A new annual playwriting prize will provide $50,000 to an emerging writer and an additional $100,000 toward production costs for the recipient’s play.

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Laurents/Hatcher Award for New Playwrights Announced

AP – Mining equipment maker Joy Global Inc. said Thursday its efforts to grab more business in the booming steel and power producing markets in China are paying off, allowing it to raise profit and revenue targets.

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Joy Global says Chinese market providing boost
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When it comes to getting better photographs of kids there are some simple ways to get great shots..and almost all of them go against everything you’ve heard about photography. 5 Ways to Get Better Kid Photos Photo © Liz Masoner licensed to About.com, Inc.

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5 Tips for Better Kid Photos

This podcast generally covers music and other transgressions and is co-hosted by Rob Levy, Tuffley and myself. Let us know what you think. This episode’s central topic is books about music

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The Sound Board #8: The Books About Music Episode

Two new dramas present — and then undercut — the persona of the uncompromising visionary who dreams up buildings.

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Theater Review | ‘The Bilbao Effect’ and ‘The Glass House’: Skewering ‘Starchitects’ at Clurman and Center for Architecture

Reuters – Biblical themes dominate Christie’s mid-season Old Masters sale next week, including works by Peter Paul Rubens and “Pieta” by French 19th century painter William Adolphe Bouguereau.

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Biblical art dominates Old Masters sale
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AP – TRIMMED LOSS: Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. cut its loss in the three months ended in April compared with a year ago thanks in part to a sharp reduction in land-related write-downs. The builder’s $1.5 million in charges is its smallest in five years.

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Summary Box: Hovnanian cuts loss in 2Q
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AP – Women’s clothing chain Coldwater Creek Inc. reported Wednesday that it earned more in its first quarter than analysts expected, reversing a year-ago loss, as sales rose in all its divisions.

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Coldwater Creek surprises Street with 1Q profit
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book now Event Dates: 27 Sep 2010 In February 2008 comedian Richard Herring star of Fist of Fun, TWTTIN and Hitler Moustache joined forces with esteemed broadcaster Andrew Collins from 6Music and I love 1983 to create this unlikely but electric and cult double act.

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The Collings and Herrin Podcast

book now Event Dates: 9 Jun 2010 Time Out Live presents another extraordinary night of five-star comedy and variety featuring the hi-octane lunacy of Ireland’s very own star of ‘Live at the Apollo’ and ‘Marco’s Kitchen Burnout’ Jason Byrne , the elegant whimsical optimism of Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Josie Long , winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke at the Fringe Dan Antopolski , star of ‘The Thick of It’ Will Smith , wonderfully deapan musical duo Ginger & Black and Chortle’s Best Compere 2009, Jarred Christmas . read more

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Time Out Live’s Laugh Out Loud!

The 20th Annual Software Industry Conference will be held on July 15 – 17, 2010 in Dallas, Texas at the Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel. The Software Industry Conference is a three day event that culminates with a Networking Gala Dinner that gives software developers and publishers an opportunity to form partnerships and alliances. The conference also includes dozens of informative, educational breakout sessions covering a wide variety of topics that are critical to the success of Independent Software Developers (ISVs).

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Software Industry Conference – for Internet Marketers and Developers

book now Event Dates: 2 Oct 2010 Paris Washboard was created in 1988 by Daniel Barda, the multi-instrumentalist, composer and orchestra director, there are a further three outstanding musicians, Louis Mazettier (one of the world’s best stride pianists), Alain Marquet, whose fast-fingered improvisations on the clarinet will leave you astounded, and Stephane Seva, who plays the washboard with infectious good humour – and sings too! read more

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Paris Washboard

AFP – Lukoil, Russia’s biggest private oil producer, said on Wednesday that net profit more than doubled to over two billion dollars in the first quarter from the equivalent figure last year on the back of higher oil prices.

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Lukoil reports quarterly profit of $2.05 bln
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Relax Photo © crystalshires with permission to About.com, Inc. To submit your photos for possible photo of the week winners just visit our forum and post in the photo sharing area .

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Photo of the Week – June 2, 2010

Hotel Modern, a Dutch theater group, uses a miniature scale model of Auschwitz to bring a story of horror to life at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

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‘Kamp,’ Auschwitz Tableau, Comes to St. Ann’s Warehouse

Directed at Glyndebourne by Michael Grandage, “Billy Budd” shows a shuddering awareness of man’s capacity for evil; while the musical “Paradise Found” at Menier Chocolate Factory is simply confusing.

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On the London Stage: In ‘Billy Budd,’ a Cry for Kindness Pierces a Haunting Moral Grayness

Reuters – James Bond’s 1964 Aston Martin DB5, dubbed by auto auctioneers RM Auctions on Tuesday as the “world’s most famous car,” will go under the hammer in London in October and is expected to fetch over $5 million.

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"Most famous car," Bond’s Aston Martin, for sale
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It’s apparently been twenty-one years since Chick-Fil-A last introduced a new sandwich. It makes sense: whatever crack cocaine they put into their chicken to make it so ridiculously addictive must take a long time to perfect in a newly formulated delivery mechanism. But now they’re venturing even further into my jurisdiction by offering up a spicy variation of their signature sandwich.

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Chick-Fil-A Spicy Chicken Sandwich – Review